Apartment Therapy Tagged: brining

Weeknight Meal Tip: Try a Quick Brine!

Quickly grilled chicken breasts or pork chops are great for weeknight meals - except when they turn out as dry and flavorless as shoe leather. Brining has become our saving grace! And unlike turkey an...

Cooking Tip: Quick Brine for Pork Chops

Brines work by breaking down some of the muscle tissue and helping the meat to draw in moisture. On large cuts like Faith's corned beef, this process can take several hours or days. But on small cuts,...

Brining The Bird

People like to argue about the Brining Question a lot this time of year. Here's my usual response. If you're working with a run-of-the-mill commercial bird, absolutely brine and brine with something f...

Times Top 5: Thanksgiving Staples You Can Make Ahead
From the NY Times Dining Section 11.12.08

Oh, to have been in Melissa Clark's kitchen when she was baking these Parker House rolls with cranberry butter. They're just the beginning, by the way. She bakes four kinds of bread for her column in ...

Recipe: Beer-Brined Chicken on the Grill

This beer-brined chicken served as our Fourth of July dinner! The chicken picked up sweet, malty flavors from the brine and our charcoal grill added just a touch of smoke. Also thanks to the brine, t...

Food Science: How Does Brining Work?

We've talked about how much we love brining lean cuts of meat to infuse extra moisture and flavor before cooking. This technique is widely used in traditional Scandinavian cuisine and has definitely...

Quick Tip: How to Brine Meat

Brining has become synonymous with Thanksgiving turkey, but it's such a great technique that we've started using it all year round for all sorts of different meats! We like to throw pork chops and chi...